If I Lost it All
2017
“Mostly it is loss which teaches us about the worth of things.”
― Arthur Schopenhauer
As Human we tend to cast a shadow of meaning on everything we come to interact with, thus eventually building attachment if the object was strong enough to appeal to some memories we are fond of, transforming a mere object into an object of affection.
I found myself going over a question repeatedly in my mind: If I were to lose it all, what will I save?
And then it hit me, I have the luxury to think and ponder on what I will save, what objects I will let go of. But some people don’t have a say on when to let go, they lose it all… and in the process of letting go of some tangible memories, expressive of our identities, some find a way to be rescued.
In this series, I asked eight different people to contemplate upon what they will save if they were to lose it all. And in the process of building this project I found a carrier of a saved object in the form of my mother. With this project I aim to showcase the staggering difference in the process of thoughts between objects that were thought of and an actual saved object in a panic.
We live in a world of fast track consumerism where acquiring and letting go of objects has become the norm. But sometimes elements tend to breach their objective form and develop into sources of memories, emotions, and remembrance… Objects worth of rescue.
“If giving my everything is what it takes, I won’t hesitate, not for even a second. That’s what it means to have something you’d give your life to keep safe.”
― Kyuugou, ACID TOWN